Utah Admin. Code R277-911-5 - Disbursement of Funds - Administrative WPUs for School Districts and Charter Schools

(1) Except as provided for in Subsection (3), pursuant to Subsection 53F-2-311(3)(a), the Superintendent shall distribute 20 WPUs to a school district for costs associated with the administration of a CTE program.

(2) To qualify for an administrative WPU disbursement, an LEA shall:

(a) employ a minimum one-half time CTE director; and

(b) place the administrative assignment for CTE in the educator licensing system.

(3) Except as provided for in Subsection (10) and pursuant to Subsection 53F-2-311(3)(a), the Superintendent shall distribute 25 WPUs to a school district that consolidates CTE administrative services with one or more other school districts.

(4) To qualify for the consolidated CTE administrative WPU disbursement described in Subsection (3), the school district consolidating the administrative services shall employ a full-time CTE director.

(5) The Superintendent shall distribute 25 WPUs to a single charter school acting as fiscal agent, to provide CTE administrative services.

(6) To quality for the administrative WPU described in Subsection (5), a charter school shall:

(a) provide CTE administrative services to a group of at least 10, but not more than 15, charter schools offering approved CTE programs to students in grades 9 through 12; and

(b) if the charter school services 11 through 15 charter schools the Superintendent shall distribute an additional five administrative WPUs for each charter school up to 25 additional administrative WPUs.

(7) To qualify for the charter school administrative WPU described in Subsection (6), the charter school acting as fiscal agent shall employ a full-time CTE director.

(8) An LEA receiving additional WPUs under Subsection (3) or (6) shall annually submit to the Superintendent a memorandum of understanding with each partnering LEA, which shall include:

(a) a scope of work to be performed by the full-time CTE director for each LEA involved;

(b) provisions for sharing data under the agreement, including provisions for protecting the privacy of student education records under FERPA 20 USC 1232g;

(c) maintenance of effort requirements; and

(d) other information as directed by the Superintendent.

(9) The Superintendent may withhold funds from an LEA for failure to submit a memorandum of understanding as required by Subsection (8).

(10) The Superintendent shall distribute 10 WPUs to a small school district consisting only of necessarily existent small high schools as described in Section 53F-2-304, where multi-district CTE administration described in Subsection (3) is not feasible.

(11) To qualify for the administrative WPU described in Subsection (10) a small school district shall assign a CTE director to a minimum of part-time CTE program administration.

(12) To qualify for any administrative WPUs as provided in Subsections (1) through (11) an LEA shall ensure a CTE director:

(a) hold requirements for a School Leadership License Area of Concentration described in Rule R277-301;

(b) have an endorsement in at least one career and technical area listed in Subsection R277-309-4(8)(a); and

(c) one of the following:

(i) have four years of experience as a full-time career and technical educator; or

(ii) complete a prescribed professional development program provided by the Superintendent within a period of two years following board appointment as an LEA CTE director.

Notes

Utah Admin. Code R277-911-5

Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2016-17, effective 8/11/2016 Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2017-17, effective 8/7/2017 Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-01, effective 12/22/2022